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Nike Lead Media & Platforms Category Manager Procurement EMEA 
Netherlands, North Holland 
916487275

12.03.2025
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

Within our NIKE Matrix organization, you will report to the Director, Procurement Marketing & Events. You will work closely with the Global Marketing & Events Procurement team and specifically the Global Director Media & Platforms to build the global category strategy and identify a sustainable pipeline of sourcing opportunities.

Within EMEA, you will work closely with the Sourcing managers of the team.

Business partnership will be key and you will work closely with your key stakeholders in the EMEA Marketing function including Brand planning & Operations, Finance and Legal.

Strategic thinking, communication & influencing skills will be necessary to operate in our global matrix environment.

The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate the below criteria:

  • Extensive work experience in Procurement, Strategic Sourcing and Category Management (10+ years)

  • Category Management experience in international environment

  • Demonstrated ability to analyze and interpret spend and cost data, research market trends, and identify new opportunities

  • Global perspective and experience in sourcing and category management

  • Strong leadership, influencing and communication skills gained across a range of cultural environments

  • Proven experience influencing & collaborating with business partners, including identifying business partner needs, developing action plans, defining clear deliverables, and presenting results.

  • Proven record of winning hearts and minds of their teams, inspiring people to innovate, take calculated risk, coach and support them through the process.

  • Being brave, assertive and knowledgeable to present and convince any audiences on a proposed approach

  • Ability to adapt quickly and make an impact in a rapid paced Procurement Organization.

  • Passionate for the NIKE brands, mission, values and paths

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

If this is you, core to this role is category management, stakeholder engagement & supplier relationship management.

You will be working as part of the Marketing & Events team in the EMEA Procurement Team. You will focus on the Media & Platforms category to develop strategies and implementation plans which support the following value proposition:

  • Capacity for Growth;

  • Speed;

  • Innovation;

  • Risk mitigation; and

  • Increased connection with the consumer

You will work closely with the global and other geo category teams to develop the global category strategy and will lead the development of the strategic plans for EMEA. You will have to identify sourcing opportunities and deliver a sustainable pipeline of projects. You will be responsible for identifying & building unbreakable relationships with key stakeholders, working with them to build consensus and alignment of the sourcing strategies and associated sourcing projects. You will work closely with the sourcing managers within the team to drive and execute the implementation of the sourcing strategy.

When it comes to supplier relationship management, you will work with our partners and execute the supplier relationship program with these vendors in close collaboration with the business stakeholders.